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Global Action on
Aging presents A Speak Out on
"Older
Indigenous Caught in Armed Conflict"
Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues
May
17, 2004
Global Action on Aging Statement submitted to the MDG Global Watch Side Event at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Fourth Session, 2005
During the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a new organization, MDG Global Watch, asked Global Action on Aging to submit a Statement to its Side Event. This NGO wanted us to link older indigenous persons' issues with the UN Millennium Development Goals. Here is the GAA Statement that reviews the continuing practice of powerful corporations that sicken and kill native peoples as they seize and exploit the indigenous people's natural
resources.
Older Indigenous
Caught in Armed Conflict
In the second week of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Global Action on Aging organized a
side event panel on "Older Indigenous People caught in Armed
Conflict." Older Indigenous people, especially women, are very
vulnerable in armed conflict situations. It is very hard for them to
access humanitarian aid even when it is available. They don't have the
strength to fight for food. Some relief workers also believe that old
people are about to die, so there is no need to help them. Here is a
summary of the speeches from the different speakers present.
Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues Gallery
Global Action on Aging presents a gallery with the pictures from the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations, New York (May
2004).
Older
Indigenous People caught in Armed Conflict Leaflet
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